Collar and necktie holder



'F. B. BYEBS.

G OLLAR AND NECKTIE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, 1920.

Invento Patented Oct. 4, 19 2'1.

- ing is a specification.

UNITED STATES."

FIRM "B. BYERS, orfivnw YORK, 1v. Y.

fcoLLAn Ann NECKTIE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent ed Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed March 19, 1920. Serial No. 367,100.

To all whom it may concern. 1 Be it known that I, FIRM B. Byers, acitizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the countyof New York and State of New York, have invented certain new andusefulImprovements in'Collar and Necktie Holders, of which the follow- Thisinvention is in the nature of a holder for collars and neckties, andespecially soft collars, being adapted to clasp'and hold the ends orflaps of said collars, and the invention consists in the improvedconstruction hereinafter described and afterward specilically claimed.

a further modification, showing in dotted lines, a cut-off necktie inposition in the fastener.

Like reference characters mark the same parts in all the figures of thedrawing.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 1 indicates the front bar, curvedas shown and thickened on its inner ends at 2 and 8.

Formed on and projecting inward from the inner side of the-front bar 1,at each side of the center thereof, is an inwardly inclined arm, as at41 and 5, each formed with an inwardly turned hook-like end as 6, 7, thesaid ends being curved and located opposite the thickened portions 2 and3, the elasticity of the front bar 1 and of the hooklike ends 6 and 7serving to clasp the edges of a collar projected between these parts.

In Fig. 2, the modification consists in thickening the ends of the armsa and 5, as

at 8 and 9, opposite the thickened ends 2 and 3 of the front bar, sothat, by the elasticity of the front bar, and the arms 4% and 5, theedges of the collar are clasped between the thickened portions 2, 3, andS, 9.

In Fig. 3, the modification from the construction of Fig. 1 is slight,the hooked portions 10, 11, 136111 sharpened at the ends as at 12 andturned more abruptly to bring them opposite the thickened ends 2, 3, ofthe curved frontbar 1, the hooked ends being shorter than those of Fig.1, and the space between the points of attachment ofthe arms -1- and 5with the front bar being farther apart and farther from the :center ofthe front bar. I

In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the curvedibar 1 is modified, thecentral portion 13- being substantially semi-circular, with the ends 14,15 turned and curved in the opposite direction, the semi-cirular partreceiving a necktielG, and provided with projecting arms 17, 18, curvedoppositelytothe parts 1st and 15 and provided with thickened portions19, 2O opposite the thickened portions of the ends 1 1 and 15, theelasticity of the parts 14 and 15, and 17 and 18 serving to clasp theedges of the collar between their thickened portions.

lVhile it will be observed that in the foregoing description and in theaccompanying drawings the various modifications of my invention aredescribed and illustrated as formed with thickened portions at thepoints where the holder engages and clasps a collar, it must beunderstood that the holder can be constructed without these thickenedportions being provided and that as thus constructed it will not departfrom the principle covered by my invention.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of myinvention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

.1. A collar and necktie fastener comprising a front curved barthickened at its outer ends, and elastic arms projected from the innerface of said front bar and forming, with said thickened ends, clasps forthe edges of a collar, said elastic arms being bent back at their endsopposite said thickened portions of the front curved bar, and the bendsbeing sharpened to facilitate their engagement with the collar.

2. A collar and necktie fastener struck from sheet metal having one barprovided with a central semi-circular portion to receive a necktie andelastic clasping ends for the edges of the collar.

3. A collar and necktie fastener struck from sheet metal having one barprovided with a central semi-circular portion to receive a necktie andelastic clasping ends for the edges of the collar, the outer front endsof the bar being curved in the opposite direction from the curve of thesemi-circular portion, and oppositely curved arms extending from thesemi-circle, the curves being opposite to those of the outer ends of thefront bar.

4:. A collar and necktie fastener struck from sheet metal having one barprovided with a central semi-circular portion to receive a necktie andelastic clasping ends for the edges of the collar, the outer front endsof the bar being curved in the opposite di rection from the curve of thesemi-circular portion, and oppositely curved arms extending from thesemi-circle, the curves being opposite to those of the outer ends of thefront bar, and these parts having thickened ends to clasp the collar.

5. "A device of the character set forth, comprising a central open loopportion adapted to partly inclose a necktie, and resilient end portionsprojecting from the central portion adapted to engage the edges of acollar.

6. A device of the character set forth,

comprising a central open loop portion adapted to partly inclose anecktie, and resilient end portions each comprising a pair of arms projectingendwise from the central portion with their opposed edges near theends located adjacent to engage the edges of the collar.

7 A device of the character set forth, comprising a central open loopportion adapted to partly inclose a necktie, and resilient integral endportions projecting from the central portion adapted to engage the edgesof a collar.

8. A device of the character set forth, comprising a central open loopportion adapted to partly inclose the necktie, and resilient integralend portions each comprising a pair of arms progecting endwise from thecentral portion with their opposed edges near the ends located adjacentto engage the edges of the collar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my si nature.

FIRM B. B RS.

